Senate Education Committee Set to Clear Research Bill
Education watchers were disappointed last month, when a promising bipartisan-backed bill failed to make it through the lame-duck session.
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January 23, 2015
January 22, 2015
House Will Clear NCLB Reauthorization By March, Ed. Leader Says
John Kline, R-Minn., chairman of the House education committee, said he will use the Student Success Act, the bill he ushered through the House in the 113th Congress, as the starting point for the legislative process.
January 21, 2015
House Education Committee Outlines Head Start Overhaul Recommendations
The panel's priorities for a Head Start rewrite include reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens and boosting coordination between Head Start and state and local programs.
January 21, 2015
No Resolution to Annual-Testing Debate After First NCLB Reauthorization Hearing
After two-and-a-half hours of hearing from a diverse panel of witnesses, chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., still hadn't come down on one side of the testing debate.
January 20, 2015
Sen. Chris Murphy Plans to Go to Bat for Students With Disabilities
During the NCLB reauthorization process, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said he'll "be judging the draft and every amendment to the draft in part by whether it preserves the gains we've made for kids with learning disabilities."
January 20, 2015
Bill Would Allow States to Reconsider Their Testing Regimens
The measure, co-sponsored by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., comes just one day before the Senate education committee's hearing on testing and accountability.
January 16, 2015
What to Expect from Witnesses at Senate Education Committee Hearing on Testing
The Senate education committee will hear from a presidential adviser, a state commissioner, a superintendent, a teacher, and a civil rights leader during its hearing on testing and accountability.
January 15, 2015
Your Guide to the Senate Education Committee: A Really Diverse Bunch
In order to craft an overhaul of the federal K-12 education law that can clear the committee, the full Senate, and the president's desk, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., will have to sharpen his politicking skills.
January 14, 2015
Democrats Voice Concerns, Stakeholders Have Mixed Reactions to NCLB Draft
The two national teachers' unions, which collectively represent more than 4.6 million educators, are some of the most important (and powerful) groups that will try to shape the draft going forward.
January 13, 2015
Sen. Patty Murray Outlines NCLB Reauthorization Priorities
The top Democrat on the Senate education committee said annual tests are "one of the most important tools we have," and would be "very concerned" about any proposal to roll them back.
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